Metzgeria
Metzgeria is a genus of thalloid liverworts in the family Metzgeriaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was named in honor of Johann Metzger, a German copper engraver and art restorer from Staufen im Breisgau, in Baden-Württemberg, a friend of Giuseppe Raddi and pupil of the great Florentine engraver Raffaello [Sanzio Morghen].Species
Species may be either monoicous or dioicous. Approximately 120 to 200 species of Metzgeria have been described and the following species are currently recognised:- Metzgeria acuminata Steph.
- Metzgeria adscendens Steph. ex K.I. Goebel
- Metzgeria agnewii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria albinea Spruce
- Metzgeria allionii Steph.
- Metzgeria alpina J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust.
- Metzgeria americana Masuzaki
- Metzgeria attenuata Steph.
- Metzgeria aurantiaca Steph.
- Metzgeria auriculata Grolle & Kuwah.
- Metzgeria bahiensis Schiffn.
- Metzgeria bartlettii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria bischlerae Kuwah.
- Metzgeria bracteata Spruce
- Metzgeria brasiliensis Schiffn.
- Metzgeria chilensis Steph.
- Metzgeria ciliata Raddi
- Metzgeria clavaeflora Spruce
- Metzgeria cleefii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria comata Steph.
- Metzgeria conjugata Lindb.
- Metzgeria consanguinea Schiffn.
- Metzgeria convoluta Steph.
- Metzgeria coorgense S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
- Metzgeria corralensis Steph.
- Metzgeria crassipilis A. Evans
- Metzgeria cratoneura Schiffn.
- Metzgeria decrescens Steph.
- Metzgeria deniseana Gradst. & Ilk.-Borg.
- Metzgeria dichotoma Nees
- Metzgeria divaricata A. Evans
- Metzgeria dorsipara Kuwah.
- Metzgeria duricosta Steph.
- Metzgeria engelii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria epiphylla A. Evans
- Metzgeria filicina Mitt.
- Metzgeria flavovirens Colenso
- Metzgeria foliicola Schiffn.
- Metzgeria francana Steph.
- Metzgeria frontipilis Lindb.
- Metzgeria fruticola Spruce
- Metzgeria fukuokana Kuwah.
- Metzgeria furcata Corda
- Metzgeria grandiflora A. Evans
- Metzgeria hasselii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria hebridensis Steph.
- Metzgeria hegewaldii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria herminieri Schiffn.
- Metzgeria heteroramea Steph.
- Metzgeria holzii Gradst. & A.R. Benitez
- Metzgeria imberbis J.B. Jack & Steph.
- Metzgeria inflata Steph.
- Metzgeria jamesonii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria kanaii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria kinabaluensis Masuzaki
- Metzgeria kuwaharae Piippo
- Metzgeria laciniata Kuwah.
- Metzgeria lechleri Steph.
- Metzgeria leptoneura Spruce
- Metzgeria liebmanniana Lindenb. & Gottsche
- Metzgeria lindbergii Schiffn.
- Metzgeria litoralis J.J. Engel & Kuwah.
- Metzgeria longitexta Steph.
- Metzgeria macrospora Kuwah.
- Metzgeria macveanii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria maegdefraui Kuwah.
- Metzgeria magellanica Schiffn.
- Metzgeria mexicana Steph.
- Metzgeria mizoramensis Sushil K. Singh & D. Singh
- Metzgeria monoica Kuwah. & J.J. Engel
- Metzgeria myriopoda Lindb.
- Metzgeria neotropica Kuwah.
- Metzgeria nudifrons Steph.
- Metzgeria parviinvolucrata Kuwah.
- Metzgeria patagonica Steph.
- Metzgeria polytricha Spruce
- Metzgeria procera Mitt.
- Metzgeria psilocraspeda Schiffn.
- Metzgeria pubescens Raddi
- Metzgeria pulvinata Steph.
- Metzgeria quadrifaria Steph.
- Metzgeria raoi S.C. Srivast. & S. Srivast.
- Metzgeria rigida Lindb.
- Metzgeria robinsonii Steph.
- Metzgeria roivainenii Kuwah.
- Metzgeria rufula Spruce
- Metzgeria saccata Mitt.
- Metzgeria scobina Mitt.
- Metzgeria scyphigera A. Evans
- Metzgeria senjoana Masuzaki
- Metzgeria setigera R.M. Schust. ex Crand.-Stotl. & L. Söderstr.
- Metzgeria sikkimensis S.C. Srivast. & K.K. Rawat
- Metzgeria simplex Lorb. ex Müll. Frib.
- Metzgeria sinuata Loitl.
- Metzgeria sparrei Kuwah.
- Metzgeria spindleri Steph.
- Metzgeria subaneura Schiffn.
- Metzgeria submarginata M.L. So
- Metzgeria subundulata Kuwah.
- Metzgeria uncigera A. Evans
- Metzgeria undulata Kuwah.
- Metzgeria violacea Dumort.
- Metzgeria warnstorffii Steph.
Literature
- RADDI G. 1818. Jungermanniografia Etrusca. Memorie i Mathematica e di Fisica della Societa Italiana delle Scienze, 18: 14–56, plus tables.
- Meagher, David, pers. comm.